Winter King
Author: Thomas Penn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-03-12
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1439191573
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Author: Thomas Penn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-03-12
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1439191573
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Author: Nathen Amin
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2021-04-15
Total Pages: 554
ISBN-13: 1445675099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew in paperback - Explore a fascinating look at the three pretenders to the Tudor throne - Simnel, Warbeck, and Warwick.
Author: Francis Bacon
Publisher:
Published: 1889
Total Pages: 356
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stanley Bertram Chrimes
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 0300078838
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFounder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII was a crucial figure in English history. In this acclaimed study of the king's life and reign, the distinguished historian S. B. Chrimes explores the circumstances surrounding Henry's acquisition of the throne, examines the personnel and machinery of government, and surveys the king's social, political, and economic policies, law enforcement, and foreign strategy. This edition of the book includes a new critical introduction and bibliographical updating by George Bernard.
Author: Alison Weir
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2011-09-21
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 0307806863
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Fascinating . . . Alison Weir does full justice to the subject.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of "Bloody Mary," and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I. As always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historian's and the biographer's art. “Like anthropology, history and biography can demonstrate unfamiliar ways of feeling and being. Alison Weir's sympathetic collective biography, The Children of Henry VIII does just that, reminding us that human nature has changed--and for the better. . . . Weir imparts movement and coherence while re-creating the suspense her characters endured and the suffering they inflicted.”—The New York Times Book Review
Author: Bryan Bevan
Publisher: Rubicon Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Henry ruled over a splendid court never stinting expense. His greatest sorrow was the premature death of his son Prince Arthur and after his wife Elizabeth's death (1503) Henry's character deteriorated. He became mean and niggardly. Succeeding to an impoverished kingdom, his ambition was to make England important in the Europe of the time and in that he succeeded, leaving a prosperous kingdom to Henry VIII."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Steven J. Gunn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 0199659834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation This volume reconstructs the lives of Henry VII's new men - low-born ministers with legal, financial, political, and military skills who enforced the king's will as he sought to strengthen government after the Wars of the Roses, examining how they exercised power, gained wealth, and spent it to sustain their new-found status.
Author: Hourly History
Publisher:
Published: 2019-09-10
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9781691979233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKing Henry VIIHenry VII was not destined to be the well-known (or perhaps better described as infamous) king that his son was after him, but his place in history remains important. With his victory over Richard III in 1485, Henry brought England out of the Middle Ages and ushered it into the modern era. His reign ended decades of bloody civil wars and provided the wealth and stability necessary for commerce and art to thrive in England. When Henry's son, Henry VIII, ascended the throne in 1509, it marked England's first uncontested transfer of power in almost 90 years. This fact alone is a testament to Henry's achievements. Inside you will read about...✓ Early Life and Exile ✓ The Battle for the Throne ✓ The Tudor Dynasty Begins ✓ England and Spain Join Forces ✓ The Work of Henry VII ✓ Late Life and Death And much more! In this book, we will discover the story of how Henry VII became the last English king to win his crown on the battlefield and by doing so established the Tudor dynasty which would remain in power for over 100 years.
Author: James Gairdner
Publisher:
Published: 1889
Total Pages: 238
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-10-08
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 125003759X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeter Ackroyd, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I. Rich in detail and atmosphere, Peter Ackroyd's Tudors is the story of Henry VIII's relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how the brief reign of the teenage king, Edward VI, gave way to the violent reimposition of Catholicism and the stench of bonfires under "Bloody Mary." It tells, too, of the long reign of Elizabeth I, which, though marked by civil strife, plots against the queen and even an invasion force, finally brought stability. Above all, however, it is the story of the English Reformation and the making of the Anglican Church. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, England was still largely feudal and looked to Rome for direction; at its end, it was a country where good governance was the duty of the state, not the church, and where men and women began to look to themselves for answers rather than to those who ruled them.